Randy Shannon worked his way up from a player at Miami until 1989, as an assistant coach in 1991, to the school's defensive coordinator in 2001 to head coach in 2007.

Shannon was fired in 2010 after four seasons at the helm when the Hurricanes went 7-5 (5-3 ACC). He was previously regarded as one of the nation's premiere coordinators, even having won the Broyles award...